• ASCD
  Formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ASCD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership association provides expert and innovative solutions in professional development, capacity building, and educational leadership essential to the way educators learn, teach, and lead.
  http://www.ascd.org/
• Performance Learning Systems
  Performance Learning Systems, Inc. offers products and services for educators to become more effective in the art of teaching. Online and on-site graduate courses are offered through over 20 college and university partners.
  http://www.plsweb.com/
  
  
• Phi Delta Kappa International
  Phi Delta Kappa International is the premier professional association for educators. For more than 100 years, it has focused its work on the tenets of service, research, and leadership. PDK publishes the highly-regarded Phi Delta Kappan, the No. 1 education policy magazine, and sponsors the annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools.
  http://www.pdkintl.org/index.htm

• Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates, Tools, and Resources for Effective Professional Development, ASCD, 2009. By Heidi Hayes Jacobs and Ann Johnson.
  “Whether you’re introducing curriculum mapping for the first time or working with teachers and administrators who are well into the process, the manual’s collection of templates, samples, and tools helps you:
  • Establish the rationale for mapping.
  • Ensure long-term support for curriculum mapping.
  • Create quality maps for the first time or review and improve existing ones.
  • Connect curriculum maps to assessment data, instructional strategies, and school improvement efforts."
• Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development In Our Schools, Corwin Press, 2009. By Eleanor Drago-Severson.
  This learning-oriented model of school leadership details four Pillar Practices for helping adults grow throughout their careers: teaming, providing leadership roles, collegial inquiry, and mentoring.
• Building Teachers' Capacity for Success: A Collaborative Approach for Coaches and School Leaders, ASCD, 2008. By Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral.
  "This is an incredibly practical argument for just how school people need to work to improve classroom instruction. The authors have 'been there, done that' when it comes to school improvement, and their Continuum of Self-Reflection is a wonderful scheme for keeping everyone focused on the things that really matter." —Richard Allington

• The Instructional Coaching Resource Guide
  
  New to instructional coaching? Want to learn more about instructional coaching and mentoring? The time has come…PIIC's newest resource, The Instructional Coaching Resource Guide, is now available. The purpose of this guide is to provide mentors and instructional coaches with a powerful set of materials to help them practice their craft. Register today!
  http://www.instituteforinstructionalcoaching.org/
• The Center for Cognitive Coaching
  Arthur Costa and Robert Garmston created Cognitive Coaching in 1984. They have developed a variety of training opportunities and written a book, Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools, to support others in learning the process of Cognitive Coaching. This site provides training, resources and consultation on strategic planning for enculturating the principles of Cognitive Coaching. Individuals can also access the resources of CCC to enhance their skills as a coach in a variety of contexts.
  http://www.cognitivecoaching.com/
• The Center on Instruction
  This site is a gateway to a cutting-edge collection of scientifically based research and information on K-12 instruction in reading, math, science, special education, and English language learning. Part of the Comprehensive Center network, the Center on Instruction is one of five content centers serving as resources for the 16 regional U.S. Department of Education Comprehensive Centers.
  http://www.centeroninstruction.org/
• Choice Literacy
  Choice Literacy is dedicated to providing innovative, high-quality resources for K-12 literacy leaders. Founded in 2006, the website has grown to include over 700 professionally produced and edited video and print features from top educators in the field, as well as promising new voices.
  http://www.choiceliteracy.com/

• Coaching Approaches & Perspectives, Corwin Press, 2009. Jim Knight, Editor.
  As Corwin Press tells us, “This fresh, new resource brings together the voices of recognized experts in the field–including Joellen Killion, Cathy A. Toll, Jane Ellison, Jane A. G. Kise, Karla Reiss, Lucy West, and Jim Knight–to present unique approaches for coaching teachers and leaders."

• Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: Research-Based Practice, Guilford Press, 2009. By Karen D. Wood PhD and William E. Blanton.
  This professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Topics addressed include comprehension, content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, gender differences in literacy learning, and English language learners. Ellen Eisenberg, PIIC Executive Director and Rita M. Bean of the University of Pittsburgh co-authored a chapter in this book entitled “Literacy Coaching in Middle and High Schools.” Click here to read the chapter.

• The Fundamentals of Literacy Coaching, ASCD, 2008. By Amy Sandvold and Maleou Baxter.
  This book contains strategies for effective literacy coaching of teachers in districts and schools. Whether it’s your job to start a literacy coaching initiative or to be an effective literacy coach to your colleagues, this guide has all the steps and strategies you need.

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